When you think of it, all business problems are people problems. And in the chaotic construction world where systematization is not a norm, it’s safe to say that people’s problems remain the biggest ...

Sharareh “Sherri” Kermanshachi is associate vice chancellor, associate dean for research, and professor of civil engineering at Penn State University. Apurva Pamidimukkala is assistant professor of ...

Amid a boom in residential construction, community associations (associations) must be cognizant of the pitfalls that arise from defective construction. The rapid rate of construction—coupled with a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A well-known metro Phoenix home inspector with hundreds of thousands of social media followers and posts of construction problems, ...

Four years after the collapse of Champlain Towers South killed 98 people in Surfside, investigators piecing together the rubble are homing in on shoddy construction as what most likely caused the ...

Mass timber is an innovative construction solution that is gaining prominence worldwide due to its sustainability and technological benefits. In 2020, the opening of the first Dengo concept store, ...

Contractors are adopting enterprise software—used by multiple departments and professions in the business and sometimes by trading partners—to make construction more efficient, predictable and cost ...

Surfside condo tower Champlain Towers South collapsed on June 24, 2021, killing 98 people. Matias J. Ocner mocner@miamiherald.com Four years after the collapse of Champlain Towers South killed 98 ...

BLACKSBURG -- Construction delays at Smith's Landing, a 284-apartment mixed-use project developed by former Virginia Tech and NFL star Bruce Smith, have forced more than 100 Tech students to start the ...

The process of designing and constructing a building is markedly different from that of manufacturing a product. But adapting lean production-management concepts from manufacturing for use in ...